" (p30). This may be the first time that Jack has not been a leader of a group and because it is new to him he may feel awkward. .
During the story there are not many times where we see Jack being sympathetic but he does with Ralph after the election because Ralph reassures Jack that he is still the leader of his choir, "Jack and Ralph smiled at each other with shy liking." (p31). Jack is shown here as a caring figure towards the group and Ralph but we still see that he is only happy when he has authority over a group.
Jack seems to gradually increase his obsession with hunting and because of this he gets even more aggressive, "you need an army-for hunting. Hunting pigs-" (p43). Due to his militaristic way he now refers to his choir as "hunters" this seems quite ironic where a choir is a group that sings in a church and takes the name of the Lord. Now they have been turned into hunters that kill animals with their hands and later eat them. I think Golding is trying to show us the change that has overcome them as people and how they have made hunting a bigger priority over rescue.
Even though Jack is starting to rebel from the group he still obeys the rules, "Jack held out his hand for the conch." (p45). This shows that even though he has changed he still seems to respect the rule of the conch but we get the feeling that he will start to disobey this too.
When they decide to use fire as a signal for the ships for rescue, the whole group, which included Jack, ran around and began to make the fire, "Jack clamoured among them, the conch forgotten." (p49). This shows how the boys have become naive and may be because it resembles camp so they got excited. It may allow Jack to cook the food that he hunts so he becomes over enthusiastic. The conch gets forgotten so now we see the rules have been totally forgotten in order for the group to as they please.
Ralph and Piggy are the only ones who stay behind; "Ralph was left with no one but Piggy.
